Over a million pounds raised for the British Heart Foundation
The University of Surrey has raised £1,101,419 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Since 2012, the University has partnered with the UK-based cardiovascular research charity to run their Pack for Good scheme.
Pack for Good encourages staff, students and the local community to donate unwanted items to charity bins located across campus. The items donated not only raise lifesaving funds for BHF, but also divert these unwanted items from waste. Amy Woods, Estates Services Manager, has been managing the scheme at Surrey and is proud of its achievements:
“We are on our 13th year and have just passed a million pounds raised on items that would have just gone in the bin.”
During last academic year, items donated by the University raised a total of £63,900 for the charity, diverting 34 tonnes from waste. This year, Amy and the University’s Central Distribution team are continuing to run Pack for Good to raise money to fund the charity’s lifesaving research. Every 3 minutes someone loses their life to cardiovascular disease in the UK and, as the largest independent funder of cardiovascular disease research, the BHF are finding ways to prevent, treat and cure conditions.
Get involved with Pack for Good.
Our work with the British Heart Foundation is a part of the University’s ambition to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals into everything we do. This partnership in particular tackles SDG12 ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’ and SDG17 ‘Partnership for the Goals’.
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